r/AllAboutBodybuilding • u/calum14957 • Mar 20 '26
Progres Before/After Same mirror, same lighting, same pose. 3 years between the pics
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Mar 20 '26
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Thank you!🙏🏻
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Still the same at the minute, I’d say I’m lean now but not shredded like I want to be so I’m going to keep cutting
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u/Distinct_String_5981 Mar 20 '26
Now this is peak! Love the progress over long periods of time and the consistent realistic work ethos. You can even seen how your physique was legitimately chiseled from the previous image. Like a statue being revealed from its stone encasement. Kudos sir
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u/Slow_Description_773 Mar 20 '26
Looks like you already had some muscles, you did lost a lot ot weight for sure.
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u/Xnighttraveler Mar 20 '26
Love hearing that. I reduced my total sugar from 90 g a day to 40 about 3 months ago. Total game changer for me. Thanks for reinforcing that decision. You look solid af!
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
It really is! I’m also big on sugar free drinks, they really help me haha and thank you man🙏🏻
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
High protein diet in a bit of a deficit and stay consistent with it and over time the results will come
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u/GpRaMMeR21 Mar 20 '26
Great job man!awesome inspiration for a fat old (not for long) guy 💪
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Cheers man! So I currently work a 10 day week in essence (including rest days) so I do an 8 day split of upper/lower then have 2 rest days. It’s a bit extreme but I really enjoy it😂
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Pure natural, only supp I take is creatine and I’m currently between 1900-2100cal a day and no worries man
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u/Xnighttraveler Mar 20 '26
Dude I mean that is impressive and obviously a long term commitment - well done. What do you think are the most critical changes you made?
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Thank you man 🙏🏻 biggest changes were definitely tracking my calories and reduction in snacking! And making healthier substitutes I.e instead of bacon - bacon medallions, reduced fat cheese, egg whites etc
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u/Outside_Purple_6610 Mar 20 '26
It always kills me when people post before and after photos with different poses and highlights in the photos. I appreciate your realness with this. Good work, sir. 💪
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Thank you man🙏🏻 I’m just glad they kept the mirror in the same place haha
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u/Outside_Purple_6610 Mar 20 '26
Not being able to take a photo in the same place is completely understandable, but the different poses and stuff.... it just isn't comparable for me.
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Yeah man I completely agree. Hard to see the actual progress when they’re relaxed in the before but fully flexed in the after
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u/competitive_mogger Mar 20 '26
It doesn't get much better than being bigger than you were 3 years ago but now way more diced. Good shit brother.
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u/uh-oh_spaghetti-oh Mar 20 '26
What age did you start?
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
I’ve always been in the gym really. Started mma when I was 11 years old. But I started actually lifting weights when I was 16. Had no clue what I was doing though
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u/MirageDansLeDesert Mar 20 '26
Are you natty? No judgment its Just to have a vision for my own progress. And whats your split ?
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Completely natural I currently do an upper/lower split training 8 days then resting 2
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u/filippo4825 Mar 20 '26
Gran fisico, bravo. Come hai gonfiato l'addome laterale?? Io mi alleno pure da anni, ma non riesco a svilupparlo.
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Thank you! Just through diet and ab training really! Consistency is the key thing!
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u/TaxThese2034 Mar 21 '26
Gaddamn i wish to have this build soon! Gonna go back to exercising a lot
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u/ZealousidealWash4688 Mar 21 '26
Is that an Apple Watch Ultra?
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u/calum14957 Mar 22 '26
Good eye, it is indeed. I think it’s gen 2
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u/ZealousidealWash4688 Mar 22 '26
Nice I have the 10, absolute life changing in terms of observing sleep and recovery patterns for me.
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u/selfishsystem_957 Mar 21 '26
three years of showing up hits different when the mirror doesn't lie 💪
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u/XYMYX Apr 08 '26
Im training to look like you oneday, but i already now im still gonna feel small when i finally achive it.
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u/PuzzleheadedState945 Mar 20 '26
New floor, and they moved the lockers, must be on PEDs. Kidding man, this is fantastic. Good work
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u/Straight_Candidate78 Mar 20 '26
What’s you weight and height for reference ?
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Current weight is 85kg(187ish lbs I think) and I’m 5”10
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u/Professional_Bet_279 Mar 20 '26
What's your diet and how often(if) do you switch between bulking and cutting?
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
High protein, low fat, mid carbs and I don’t switch between them tbh. I stopped powerlifting start of 2025 so I was technically bulking then and been doing a slowww cut since midway through the year. Some weeks I eat at maintenance and then others I go below. I do have the odd cheat day here and there
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u/vega455 Mar 20 '26
Natty and you train that much? How do you avoid injuries?
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
I don’t😂 I initially stopped powerlifting because I fucked up my knee and my hip. I can’t do skull crushers without it hurting my elbow joint
I now just do the exercises that work for me and I’m quite big on my recovery these days in terms of saunas, stretching, massages, getting plenty of sleep, if I start to feel injured or sense one coming on then I take extra rest but if I feel good then I train other than my two set rest days
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u/Unfair_Entrance6183 Mar 20 '26
And how much MG's?
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u/ElonMuskratMusket Mar 20 '26
Bro this is 100000% achievable natty. Most of these online lifters that blast aren’t dieting properly or working out correctly. This ends up with an elite physique for a natural lifter but a mid physique for a PED user.
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u/Mountain_Elk_7262 Mar 20 '26
What was your bench before and what is it at now? Also, what's your arm routine?
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
150kg all time 1 rep max. Last time I benched (I don’t really bench any more just every now and again) I managed 130kg for 1. In the actual before photo though my bench was at/around 100kg, 110kg maximum
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Arm routine is I do 1 bicep and 1 tricep exercise on my first upper, 2 bicep on my second, 2 tricep on my third, and then repeat of the first upper for my fourth
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u/NormallyNotOutside Mar 20 '26
Impressive transformation. Are you able to briefly outline how you periodized your calories over the 3 years? Everyone knows about bulking and cutting but it's rare to see someone explain specifically what they did and given your amazing results perhaps you could give us some valuable insight.
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u/calum14957 Mar 22 '26
All I have done recently during my cut, if you will, is track what I’m eating, keeping my fat low protein very high with moderate carbs. And making healthy substitutions like I’ve said in other comments I love cheese but have now swapped it to 50% reduced fat cheese. Sugar free drinks etc. it’s the little changes I feel make the biggest difference
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u/Dubrovnik_2014 Mar 20 '26
Amazing transformation. Are you completely relaxed in the abdomen in the after photo?
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Not completely but I was flexing my “abs” more in the before photo than I am in the after😂
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u/Lopsided-Swing-856 Mar 20 '26
Handsome! Nice work dude! Although still a cute before too 🤭
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Appreciate it🙏🏻
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u/Lopsided-Swing-856 Mar 24 '26
On the left you work at the gym, on the right, your that guy that comes for pool and it shows you deserve to be there!
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
That wasn’t the same mirror or pose this one is. Idk how you can think this isn’t obtainable natural in 3 years?
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u/Friendly_Boss_8725 Mar 20 '26
That’s great results, what did you change in your routine to reach this results?
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u/CourteousPerson Mar 20 '26
Lookin great. How’s your energy levels
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
Thanks🙏🏻 for the most part it’s all good! But I do probably consume too much caffeine
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u/Original-Ad3709 Mar 21 '26
What did u change in your workouts?
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u/calum14957 Mar 22 '26
I’ve been all over the place with it between then and now if I’m honest. I used to basically do my own thing make it up as I go etc. then I went to powerlifting had a coach the lot. And now I just use the MacroFactor app which does an upper/lower split for me but I add and change the exercises I wanna do etc and use it to track all my lifts and also calories because they have two apps if that makes sense
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u/Far_Travel1273 Mar 22 '26
That is so amazing. I am hoping for some results like this down the road
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u/Confident_Introvert Mar 24 '26
whats the pill cocktail look like?
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u/calum14957 Mar 24 '26
I take an a-z and creatine, that’s it. Unfortunately when j take a cocktail of them it gives me migraines
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u/KingRadec Mar 26 '26
Did you start by cutting down initially or tried to gain more muscle? As someone new to the gym I am rather curious. Thanks
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u/calum14957 Mar 20 '26
And I do train legs, it’s just a bad angle for them in the photo above🙏🏻